McDonald’s Black History Month Gambit Can’t Obscure Its Inequitable Practices
McDonald’s can blow its sizeable PR budget trying to convince its customers otherwise, but its corporate actions speak for themselves.
Monsanto Feels the Bern as Sanders Turns Focus to GMO Labeling
U.S. Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has turned his focus to supporting GMO labeling and attacking Monsanto’s interests this week after Hillary Clinton’s love of GMOs was recently confirmed by the Gates Foundation.
New FDA Commissioner Has Ties to Big Pharma
Robert Califf has close ties to the pharmaceutical industry, so how can he be impartial in role as the new commissioner of the FDA?
A Major American Meat Company Is Going Big With Antibiotic-Free Pork
Tyson is responding to consumer demand with a new line of meat sourced from pigs raised without drugs.
Eric Holder: It’s Time To Talk About Decriminalizing Marijuana
“You know, we treat marijuana in the same way that we treat heroin now, and that clearly is not appropriate.”
German Beer Industry in Shock over Glyphosate Contamination
The German Brewers’ Association admitted that low residues of the probable human carcinogen glyphosate could not be prevented, because “the herbicide is now found virtually everywhere after decades of use in agriculture”.
Can This Entrepreneur Save Flint From a Plastic Bottle Crisis?
David Antelo says his reverse osmosis machines can provide clean water to the lead-plagued city without the landfill waste.
How Does Fracking Affects Humans? Cases in Pennsylvania Proceed
Not only is water being potentially contaminated by fracking in Pennsylvania but oil companies are aggressively seizing land for a fracking pipeline that might not even be built.
Methane Discovered in Drinking Water Near Fracking Wells
A Stanford researcher found the highest risk of leaks was from shallow natural gas wells drilled in California, Pennsylvania, and Texas.
Governor Snyder Accused of Withholding Documents on the Flint Water Crisis
A request for documents has been “completely ignored” by Michigan governor Synder.